Good Morning Monarchs. Spring is just around the corner so a couple ODU squads used the weekend to get started on their spring cleaning with a couple sweeps.

We’ve got all the details and much more in today’s edition of the Brew!

⚾️ Brooms, Please!
🎾 Double Dippin’
👑 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Brooms Please! That’s not a bad way to start the final season at the Bud.

A quartet of juniors and timely pitching led the ODU baseball squad to a season opening series sweep of George Washington with victories of 4-1, 7-4 and 8-2 notched by the Monarchs.

Kyle Edwards, Luke Walters, Steven Meier, Maverick Stallings combined for 17 hits, 12 runs and nine RBIs to pace the offensive attack.

On the hill, ODU starters John Holobetz, Trent Buchanan and Dylan Brown combined to allow just three earned runs in 14 innings of work, while allowing nine hits and recording 13 strikeouts.

⚾️: Game 1 Recap
⚾️: Game 2 Recap
⚾️: Game 3 Recap
🔢: Inside the Numbers

🔼 Double Dippin’. The train kept on rolling along!

What a weekend for the ODU men’s tennis team as it began with an absolute thriller in a 4-3 win over rival VCU and capped it off with a Sunday sweep of Penn State as the Monarchs improved to 9-1 on the season.

🎾: The VCU Recap
🎾: The Penn State Recap

🔼 Back To Work. Sometimes, you just have to keep grinding.

For the ODU hoops squads, that what they’ll do this week as the Monarchs dropped a doubleheader at Chartway Arena on Saturday with two tough Sun Belt contests.

The women’s squad battled conference leading Marshall to the wire, but fell, 89-75 to the Thundering Herd, who have only one loss in conference play. The nightcap featured a back-and-forth battle for the men’s team, who continue to battle adversity, but fell to Georgia State, 68-65.

🏀: The Women’s Recap
🏀: The Men’s Recap

👑 JOIN THE TEAM

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🤔 MONARCH TRIVIA

As we mentioned above, the two wins by the Monarchs on the tennis courts this weekend improved their 2024 spring ledger to 9-1.

Since 2000, how many times has ODU started a season 9-1?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email and see if you had the right answer!

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📅 WHAT’S ON TAP?

Tuesday, February 20
⚾️ Baseball at #11 Virginia @ 3pm

Wednesday, February 21
🏊 Men’s Swimming at ASun Conference Championships (Knoxville, Tenn.)
🥍 Lacrosse vs. VCU @ 2pm

Thursday, February 22
🏊 Men’s Swimming at ASun Conference Championships (Knoxville, Tenn.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Appalachian State @ 6:30pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Appalachian State @ 7pm

Friday, February 23
🏊 Men’s Swimming at ASun Conference Championships (Knoxville, Tenn.)
⚾️ Baseball vs. Rutgers @ 3pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Blue Gray Tournament (Montgomery, Ala.)

Saturday, February 24
🏊 Men’s Swimming at ASun Conference Championships (Knoxville, Tenn.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Blue Gray Tournament (Montgomery, Ala.)
⚾️ Baseball vs. Rutgers @ 2pm
⛵️ Sailing at USF Women’s Team Race
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Georgia State @ 4:30pm
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Coastal Carolina @ 7pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4.

This season’s 9-1 record marks the fourth time since 2000 that ODU has won nine of its first two matches.

🦁 Have a great start to your week, y’all!